From the conference Competence 50+ 2007 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1. Skill 3 Project Equal Initiative II Round - ESF ACTIVE AGEING SYSTEM ACTIONS Vicky Tarizzo (Provincia di Vercelli) Alessandra Corrias and Erik Davico (CSEA)

4. Project Skill 3 The project has been set up to support companies in identifying solutions to possible and potential crisis situations and to strengthen the position of workers in the labour market. The main goal of the project is to enhance workers’ skills in relation to market changes and to facilitate work-life balance.

5. Development Partnership - DP Mainstreaming Chamber of Commerce Guarantee workers’ rights during the project realisation Trade Unions Promote Lifelong Learning Vocational Training Agencies Link with the territory, facilitate enterprises involvement Employers’ associations Promoting organisation, strategic guidelines, future sustainability, mainstreaming Local Public Authority Provincia di Vercelli Role within the project Partner typology

11. Abilities of Case Managers C1 - cooperate with network partner C2 - evaluate the client needs C3 - negotiate a professional plan with the client C4 - organize the informational tools C5 - evaluate the activity done in order to check the final and intermediate goal achievement C6 - help in supporting actions C7 - manage organizational counselling process

12. Activities of Case Manager A1 - welcome potential beneficiaries A2 - make an assessment on needs and expectations A3 - control application of work related laws A4 - define a professional plan A5 - supervise vocational guidance activities A6 - complete the professional plan

13. Matching box X X A6 X X A5 X X X A4 X X A3 X X A2 X X A1 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1

14. Case Manager Approach potential crisis analysis POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS DEFINITION Involvement of: company management employees trade unions Enterprises Employees problem analysis Activities held by enterprises or by Skill 3 Center Activities held by Skill 3 Center

15. Potential Pilot Projects Employees Psychologicl support Coaching path Workers with low attitude in facing labour changes Technical skills training Psychological support Competence transfer from Senior to Junior through mentoring Workers with lack of motivations waiting for retirement Cross and technical skills training Workers with inadequate skills Possible solutions Potential problems

16. Enterprises Potential Pilot Projects Feasibility study for nursery (inside the enterprise or among different enterprises) Enterprise whose employees are mainly women and mothers Cause Analysis Promotion of conciliation tools Enterprises with high rate of absenteeism Possible solutions Potential problems